BILL NUMBER: AB 653	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to amend Section 81641 of, and to add Section 81646 to, the
Education Code, and to add Section 20653.5 to the Public Contract
Code, relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 653, Levine. Postsecondary education: community college
contracting practices.
   (1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the
University of California, and the California Community Colleges as
the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a community college
district to publish a notice calling for bids or proposals in a
newspaper of general circulation. Existing law requires this notice
to state the work proposed to be done or the materials or supplies to
be furnished and the time when, and the place where, bids or
proposals will be opened.
   This bill would also authorize the governing board of a community
college district to post the notice described above on its Web site
or through an electronic portal.
   (2) Existing law declares that nothing in the Public Contract Code
precludes the governing board of a community college district from
purchasing materials, equipment, or supplies through the Department
of General Services, as specified.
   This bill would declare that nothing in either the Education Code
or the Public Contract Code would preclude a community college
district from purchasing materials, equipment, supplies, or services
under the same terms and conditions as are specified in a contract
lawfully awarded by the University of California or the California
State University.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 81641 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   81641.  For the purpose of securing bids or proposals, the
governing board of the community college district shall publish at
least once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general
circulation published in the district, or if there is no such paper,
then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the
county, and may post on the district's Web site or through an
electronic portal, a notice calling for bids or proposals, stating
the work to be done or materials or supplies to be furnished and the
time when and the place where bids or proposals will be opened.
Whether or not bids or proposals are opened exactly at the time fixed
in the public notice for opening bids or proposals, a bid or
proposal shall not be received after that time.
  SEC. 2.  Section 81646 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   81646.  Nothing in this code shall preclude the governing board of
a community college district from purchasing materials, equipment,
supplies, or services under the same terms and conditions as are
specified in a contract lawfully awarded by the University of
California or the California State University.
  SEC. 3.  Section 20653.5 is added to the Public Contract Code, to
read:
   20653.5.  Nothing in this code shall preclude the governing board
of a community college district from purchasing materials, equipment,
supplies, or services under the same terms and conditions as are
specified in a contract lawfully awarded by the University of
California or the California State University.